Philip Woolfson

Partner

• pwoolfson@steptoe.com
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Mr. Woolfson is a partner in the Brussels office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and a member of the firm's Insurance Group. He practices in the areas of European Union (EU) law, French and Belgian law, with a particular focus on financial services (insurance, mutual funds, banking, investment services), competition rules and e-commerce in financial services.  He heads the Brussels office financial services team and is well-known for his experience and knowledge in cross-border insurance regulation.

Following his legal training with a firm of Scottish solicitors, he was the first graduate to be accepted for a traineeship with the Legal Service of the Council of the European Communities.

Mr. Woolfson has been a partner at a Paris office of a firm of solicitors and avocats, where he addressed a broad range of cross-border matters, involving EU law, and corporate and commercial law.  He is a regular speaker at conferences on financial services and a frequent contributor to European and international legal journals.  He is also a member of the editorial committee of Sweet & Maxwell's Encyclopedia of Insurance Law.

Noteworthy

• Listed in Who's Who Legal for Insurance & Reinsurance in 2008
• Euromoney Expert Guide (2007)
• Euromoney Expert Guide (2006)
  

Select News & Events

• 18 Steptoe Attorneys Selected for Who's Who Legal
• Philip Woolfson Predicts Narrowed Inquiry
• Woolfson Quoted in Insurance Day on Competition
• The EU Consultation on the Insurance Block Exemption
• Distribution of Insurance Contracts Conference, Luxembourg, March 18, 2008
• The European Commission report on business insurance: what happens next?, November 13, 2007

Publications

• Presentation to the Association of Luxembourg Insurers (ACA): "Luxembourg Insurers and the Single Market - EU regulatory developments"
  July 9, 2008
• BER time is running out for industry
  June 23, 2008, Insurance Day
• Third-country insurers: on the outside looking in
  June 6, 2008, Insurance Day
• Briefing: European Commission opens public consultation on the renewal of the Block Exemption Regulation for the insurance sector
  May 2008
• Briefing: Implementation of the Gender Equality Directive into French insurance law
  April 2008
• The Gender Equality Directive: New Challenges for Insurers
  March 2008, European Marketplace : A LIMRA Europe Newsletter
• Briefing: EU Retail Financial Services: Commission acts on three important insurance issues
  January 2008
• London faces up to new countdown over market
  December 7, 2007, Insurance Day

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